Gotta go with Vettel, sadly, barring unexpected technical issues... which given how the Red Bull team has been going, means that either a tire blows out or someone accidentally switches Vettel's car with Webber's.

If Vettel wins and Alonso finishes out of the points, it's done for. Anything else, and Vettel doesn't get it this week but even if Alonso finishes in the points if Vettel wins it's pretty much academic at this point.

WhyteRaven74:The Beatings Will Continue Until Morale Improves: Is Vettel going to wrap up the championship today or next week?

If Vettel wins and Alonso finishes out of the points, it's done for. Anything else, and Vettel doesn't get it this week but even if Alonso finishes in the points if Vettel wins it's pretty much academic at this point.

Seb leads Alonso 272-195 (77 points) with 5 races remaining. If Seb wins today, Alonso needs to finish in P8 or higher in order to not get eliminated.

If Seb wins and Alonso finishes in P9, the gap would be 100 points with 4 races to go; and if Alonso were to win all 4 races and Seb not get any points, they'd be tied in points but Seb would win the championship because of having won more races (9 victories to 6).

It's certainly more interesting than Vettel starting from pole and running away with the race like he's been doing. I hate to jinx it early, but this is turning out to be interesting and a little different than usual, I guess.

Well, it helps with any chance Alonso has of winning the championship, which is currently a very very slim chance. Of course Alonso's teammate, Massa isn't letting him by, so that might get interesting.